W203 Manual Folding Mirror Query

[biggles2010]

I have recently purchased my first Merc, a 53-plate C220 CDi. However, although I know it does not have electrically folding door mirrors, it is impossible to fold them manually - there's a ruddy great big spring that forces them back! So my question is this: is it possible to fit electrically heated and operated but manually folding door mirrors? An advert currently on ebay seems to suggest so.

TIA

biggles2010

 

[chitaxmoto]

check the buttons where u adjust mirrors, the other buttons u might have to press hold to fold, hope it helps

 

[biggles2010]

I have only the 4 buttons to adjust the mirrors; there are none to fold them.

 

[biggles2010]

Sorry, chitaxmoto, I had forgotten about the two mirror buttons underneath the 4-way adjustment button, but they are used only to select the mirror being adjusted.

 

[markjay]

If you have the switch like the one in the top picture, then you do not have electrically folding mirrors.

The buttons for the electrically folding mirrors would be where the red marks are.

 

[biggles2010]

As stated in my original post, I am aware that the mirrors are not electrically foldable. What I want to know is whether it is possible to retrofit manually folding mirrors.

 

[nigel cross]

No you cant as they dont exist , only electrical folding versions that can be fitted

 

[biggles2010]

Many thanks, Nigel, that's what I was looking for, a definitive answer (even if not the result I was looking for!). I do find it strange that my humble 04-plate Corsa had folding mirrors (albeit manual) fitted as standard, yet a prestige marque does not.

 

[markjay]

And this is what it looks like....